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Government scandals scar Americans

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Wednesday May 14, 2014 6:13 AM

Wanted: An honest government that works.

The Veterans Administration scandal, where as many as 40 veterans died after being denied VA
care, is the latest in a long list of scandals and evidence of a dysfunctional federal government (“
House committee will seek VA records,” Associated Press article, Friday
Dispatch).

After the Benghazi scandal, the Internal Revenue Service scandal, the National Security
Agency/Edward Snowden scandal, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “Fast and
Furious” scheme to catch gun traffickers, the Obamacare lies, Solyndra, the lavish conferences of
the General Services Administration, etc., I have become thoroughly disillusioned about our federal
government’s ability to solve the nation’s problems.

This is more than left vs. right, it's about basic honesty, integrity and transparency.

A recent Harvard University poll reported only 31 percent of millennials trust the federal
government. My only question is “After all this, why is it so high?”